Thursday, 29 January 2015

Unspoken Review


L4 - Excellent 
Sound - L4
Sound was narrated which means the person is hiding their identity or is insecure, which matches the title of opening. 


Mes - L3
No specific costume that can be identified but no costume is really needed. 
No make up / natural 
The props used was a bag and a map 
the lighting was quite bright 

Camera - L3
Shots & angles were good
No tripod was used
Shallow Focus 
rules of thirds were used

Edit - L4
Excellent colour Grading
No Motion tracking but titles were integrated 


Doesn't look like a thriller but leaves us with Enigma Codes 

Over All - High L3/Low L4 


29th January Update

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Test Shoot


*Not Fully Finished*

This is our test shoot for our Thriller opening, we decided to have freeze frames during our sequence so we can add our motion tracking text. some frames like the walking one will have motion tracking on whilst its moving but the gap in-between our actors walking was too short so freezing it for 2 seconds, allowed us more time to add text. Although the text is not on this video just yet, we will get it on soon. 

On the day of filming, we had a Dilemma because one of our backup actors never turned up. Our main actors we are using were busy on the day of filming so we used our back up actors. When one never turned up, we decided to problem solve and only film the scenes which involve the actor that turned up. When we got to the difficult scenes like the chase scene, we decided to call it off as it was too difficult to film. 

Monday, 15 December 2014

Plot

Our Thriller opening will start off with Actor 1 going through a train station and ten they would get on the train to London Bridge, where he will get off of the train with a suspicious bag. On their journey, they will send GPS signals (their location) to actor 2, like they are giving clues to where the bomb is. Actor 2 will leave their local station, heading for London Bridge in order to track down actor 1, who is still sending them location signals to where they are.
When arriving at London Bridge Station, Actor 1 will leave their bag, which has a bomb in it, abandoned near the shard and only us viewers will know where the bomb is. Actor 2 will arrive at London and hunt down the bomb through the locations that Actor 1 is sending, they will then disarm to the bomb and try to find Actor 1. Actor 2 then spots Actor 1 through a window and the Chase commences throughout the surrounding area.
As Actor 2 gets to Actor 1, it will then go off in a cliffhanger, as that is what we feel would be best. Another idea that we had was to film a couple of endings, then decide what we think fits best for it.

Shot List

*Need to be completed*

StoryBoard & Animatic


*No Titles*

Asset List

We created an asset list to show everything we need when filming. All the Equipment and props needed are listed below and we will ensure that on the day of filming we will bring every item on this list with us to ensure we film to our highest standard. 

Things we need to bring: 

Equipment: 
  • Video Camera
  • Fully Charged & Working Camera
  • 2-3 Spare Batteries 
  • Charger
  • Tripod
  • Tape
  • Microphone 
Props: 

  • Bag (Looks like a bomb) 
Actor 1: 
Arrives in Suit

Actor 2:
Arrives in Suit